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From: Ryan, Pat <PRyan>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 11:53:03 -0800
I don't think we started 'promoting' series until the popularity of series started to explode a few years ago with so many people copying the success of R. L. Stine and J. K. Rowling. Certainly series have always been around but not as wildly popular as they are right now. I remember loving series for a lot of the reasons that have been discussed here, but also because they saved me the need to actually speak to a Librarian - I could find something interesting to read on my own [the same with genre labeling and stickering: I'm a firm believer in that].
Tangentially, as far as the attractive covers and snappy titles, we are being asked now for 'classics' on a sixth grade level. However the teacher who assigned this gave the students NO OTHER description than 'find a classic on your own'. One young lady was distressed because she said all the books the teacher had in the classroom said "Classic" on the cover and ours didn't. I tried to explain that the cover art was dependent on the publisher, not the title, and what the teacher had could have been a set of paperbacks in a 'classics' series by one publisher, but not all copies would look that way - just like some paperbacks have the Newbery or Newbery Honor medal printed on the cover and some don't.
Patricia Ryan, Children's Librarian Union City Library 510-745-1464 ext. 19
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From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu on behalf of Steward, Celeste Sent: Mon 11/28/2005 9:24 AM To: tlhubbar at uiuc.edu; Mary Ann Gilpatrick; CCBC-Net at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Formula Series
Tracy wrote:
"In particular I am struck in this conversation about how different each library is on series. Could it be that we consciously/unconsciously promote them?"
and Mary Ann [?] responded:
[snip] Some of the covers on the older books may seem dated (or not), depending on the child. More often than not, the kids I've dealt with want the attractive covers with snappy, clever titles so I tend to promote these. I figure kids are accustomed to Scholastic book fairs and the savvy marketing in bookstores and on TV, so many enter the library with their own ideas and tastes.
Received on Mon 28 Nov 2005 01:53:03 PM CST
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 11:53:03 -0800
I don't think we started 'promoting' series until the popularity of series started to explode a few years ago with so many people copying the success of R. L. Stine and J. K. Rowling. Certainly series have always been around but not as wildly popular as they are right now. I remember loving series for a lot of the reasons that have been discussed here, but also because they saved me the need to actually speak to a Librarian - I could find something interesting to read on my own [the same with genre labeling and stickering: I'm a firm believer in that].
Tangentially, as far as the attractive covers and snappy titles, we are being asked now for 'classics' on a sixth grade level. However the teacher who assigned this gave the students NO OTHER description than 'find a classic on your own'. One young lady was distressed because she said all the books the teacher had in the classroom said "Classic" on the cover and ours didn't. I tried to explain that the cover art was dependent on the publisher, not the title, and what the teacher had could have been a set of paperbacks in a 'classics' series by one publisher, but not all copies would look that way - just like some paperbacks have the Newbery or Newbery Honor medal printed on the cover and some don't.
Patricia Ryan, Children's Librarian Union City Library 510-745-1464 ext. 19
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From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu on behalf of Steward, Celeste Sent: Mon 11/28/2005 9:24 AM To: tlhubbar at uiuc.edu; Mary Ann Gilpatrick; CCBC-Net at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Formula Series
Tracy wrote:
"In particular I am struck in this conversation about how different each library is on series. Could it be that we consciously/unconsciously promote them?"
and Mary Ann [?] responded:
[snip] Some of the covers on the older books may seem dated (or not), depending on the child. More often than not, the kids I've dealt with want the attractive covers with snappy, clever titles so I tend to promote these. I figure kids are accustomed to Scholastic book fairs and the savvy marketing in bookstores and on TV, so many enter the library with their own ideas and tastes.
Received on Mon 28 Nov 2005 01:53:03 PM CST
